Episodes
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Diction Tip #32
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.
In Diction Tip #32, Dr. François Germain explains the spellings 'u' [y] and 'ou' [u] in French.
For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
Episode 113-SDU Tutorial (audio)
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
It’s the start of the opera season and the school year in most places, and we’re kicking off our 9th Season with Dr. François Germain! Using Duparc’s "Phydilé", we focus on the final schwas in French, the '–ill' and '–il' spellings, plus the pronunciation of the third person plural as opposed to the gerund form in verb conjugations.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com !
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
Episode 113-SDU Tutorial
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
It’s the start of the opera season and the school year in most places, and we’re kicking off our 9th Season with Dr. François Germain! Using Duparc’s "Phydilé", we focus on the final schwas in French, the '–ill' and '–il' spellings, plus the pronunciation of the third person plural as opposed to the gerund form in verb conjugations.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com !
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Episode 110-SDU Tutorial (audio version)
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
The Diction Police is just starting its 9th year! Thank you for being a part of it!
This week my partner-in-crime, François Germain, talks about Sophie's aria from Werther, "Frère voyez... Du gai soleil", with an emphasis on consonants that should not be pronounced by often are accidentally, the spelling OY, and how to avoid stressing unstressed syllables. This is the audio version of the video tutorial.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com !
Saturday Apr 07, 2018
Episode 110-SDU Tutorial
Saturday Apr 07, 2018
Saturday Apr 07, 2018
The Diction Police is just starting its 9th year! Thank you for being a part of it!
This week my partner-in-crime, François Germain, talks about Sophie's aria from Werther, "Frère voyez... Du gai soleil", with an emphasis on consonants that should not be pronounced by often are accidentally, the spelling OY, and how to avoid stressing unstressed syllables.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com !
Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Diction Tip #29
Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Saturday Mar 31, 2018
Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.
In Diction Tip #29, Dr. François Germain talks about the pronunciation of the letter 'h' in French Diction.
For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Episode 107-SDU Tutorial (audio version)
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
This week, Dr. François Germain and I talk about the text to "Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle" from Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, with a lot of focus on French grammar and how that can affect pronunciation! This is the audio version of the full video tutorial.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com !
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Episode 107-SDU Tutorial
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
This week, Dr. François Germain and I talk about the text to "Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle" from Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, with a lot of focus on French grammar and how that can affect pronunciation!
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com !
Saturday Feb 17, 2018
Diction Tip #26
Saturday Feb 17, 2018
Saturday Feb 17, 2018
Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.
In Diction Tip #26, Dr. François Germain discusses the pronunciation of the third person plural verb ending "-ent".
For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
Episode 105-SDU Tutorial (audio version)
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
In this episode, Dr. François Germain and I discuss the text to Paul Verlaine's "Clair de lune", which has been set by many composers, focusing on mixed vowels, the phonetic [k] sound, and some of the digraphs that make up French spelling. This is the audio version of the video tutorial.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com !